American entrepreneur Karl Swanson is defying the economic downturn and food sanctions over Russia’s involvement in the Ukrainian conflict by rapidly growing his cookie business in conjunction with Moscow’s leading coffee shops.

The Avtotor plant in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is about to begin assembling Ford trucks. The vehicles will be adapted specifically for the Russian market and comply with European safety standards.

Brazilian companies want to increase supplies of agricultural products to the Russian market, says Russian food watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor. However, quality will be the deciding factor according to the agency.

Russia's most popular search engine Yandex has opened a sales office in Shanghai due to a significant increase in turnover with Chinese advertisers. Yandex plans to help Chinese companies expand into Russia.

One of the largest office supply retailers in the United States has offered a group of young Russian and American entrepreneurs an exclusive distribution deal for a new sticky note developed by the team after raising almost $250,000 on crowd-funding site Kickstarter.

EuroСhem has signed a memorandum with Maire Tecnimont and SACE on building of plants for production of ammonium-urea fertilizers in Russia, the US and Kazakhstan. It was stated in press release of the Russian company, received by the editorial office of Lenta.ru.

Russia has become a world leader in development of nuclear power technologies of the future. This conclusion is contained in research of the World Nuclear Associations' (WNA) experts, who investigated trends in this field.

Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev stated that a discussion about food embargo will be held with the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and the Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras.

According to the Russian Trade Representative in Iran, Andrey Luganskiy, Iran intends to open a transit corridor through the Caspian region and supply "fish, shrimp, chicken, vegetables and fruits, including apples, to all Russian food retail chains".

L'Etoile, the biggest perfume and cosmetics store chain, has reduced prices for mass-market products by 25-60% since April, 2015, planning to increase the number of buyers – said Tatiana Volodina, General director of the chain.

According to Metro newspaper, which refers to the information of the Polish Ministry of agriculture and rural development, Polish residents started buying more Russian products due to ruble devaluation.

The President of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce Emmanuel Quidet said that total foreign investments in the Russian economy amounted to 20 billion dollars in 2014. "French business densely entrenched in Russia, we continue investing in the Russian economy," – he said

The President of Russia and the Prime Minister of Italy paid attention not only to economy, but also to the Ukrainian crisis during the meeting – Italy is ready to share experience in decentralization, if it will be necessary. Also it was decided to establish a joint investment fund of one billion dollars

Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia, and Matteo Renzi, Prime Minister of Italy, have stated together that Russia-Italy relations will be developed, in spite of the EU-Russia complicated relations

Ford to assemble trucks in Russia
The Avtotor plant in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is about to begin assembling Ford trucks. The vehicles will be adapted specifically for the Russian market and comply with European safety standards.